Pincushion Peperomia
4.4 out of 5 (75 experiences)
Survivor
Fast grower
About Pincushion Peperomia
This unique Peperomia species is known for its leaves that are shaped suspiciously like green beans. Peperomia fruits and seeds have traveled one of the longest distances ever recorded, over 3000 miles to an island in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, while stuck to a bird's feet! 🦅
Taxonomy
Peperomia ferreyrae
Peperomia
Piperaceae
Piperales
Also known as
Happy Bean, Amigo Peperomia and Peperomia Happy Bean
How to care for Pincushion Peperomia
How often to water your Pincushion Peperomia
every 9
Pincushion Peperomia needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Pincushion Peperomia in your home
a window
Pincushion Peperomia may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves 🍃, without ample sunlight.
Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Pincushion Peperomia in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Pincushion Peperomia
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Pincushion Peperomia after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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All of the leaves fell off and it looks like it’s dying. What can I do to save it? #Peperomia
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Help I’m not sure what’s happening with my plant .. the leaves are falling & it’s looking like they are drying out. Can anyone help or explain what might be happening ? Is it because of the weather change ?
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Should peperomia droop when they get tall? #Peperomia
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Hi y’all! 👋 DISCLAIMER: I end with asking for more ✨help✨ if you power through to the end 😅 Throughout my summer of filling my sun room of plants i have asked questions and received amazing advice from so many of you along the way 🫶🏼 Just wanted to pop in to give an update, would love to know if anyone has been following along 😊 … will try to keep it short n sweet - Miley: after a trim I got THIRTEEN cuttings! Just potted a few with others still in water. I also separated a small section of Neon Pothos i had once potted with the #marblepothos and added one of my spider babies! - Peter Parker: My tray of #SpiderPlant babies are rooting like CRAZY, been fun watching the roots through the bottom of the dish. Peter has since replaced every offshoot i have trimmed yet this summer 😅 - Other Cuttings: I think i successfully rooted false christmas cactus! I still have turtles which havent died off AND i have been trying to root a lucky bamboo for months and since placing with my pothos cuttings its has finally rooted! 🥳 - Grinchy: I wish i had a photo of him rooted! I planted him nice and deep (check out his gallery pre trim) as the roots were quite high. I have just noticed their stems showing dark color and hope i havent done harm! before repotting i the original plant TOOK OFF, if anyone has made it this far reading would love to hear opinions on what could be causing this 🙏 thinking maybe a possible over hydration or change in sun recently switched windows and is more direct #pincushionpeperomia p.s. I wish I could tag more than one plant
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Aloe Help Hello, my aloe was being over watered and got all mushy, root rot, etc. I pulled out and saved what I could. Is there a way to save it? Will it root again if I put root powder on it? #aloe I have 3 of these saved pieces. -Sara
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Help! My plant started dying all of a sudden. About a week ago it looked very healthy and all of a sudden it looks like this. I noticed this about a day before I last watered and the situation has only gotten worse. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
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Tall and not upright #Peperomia my pincushion is getting pretty tall and the tallest part isn’t erect but limps over. It’s still growing and looks healthy otherwise, but I’ve looked at photos of other ones on here that are standing upright. Is that normal? I’ve assumed it’s too heavy so I’ve been propping it up with a small stick. It’s in a small pot now (in my photo) but it’s grown much more since. Should I repot it?
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How easy would it be to Prop? I would love to have more than one “trunk”, my first thought would be to cut above the first limb? How does one propagate a #PincushionPeperomia ? Any tips and tricks? #Peperomia
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Not healthy? My pincushion has slowly been dying since I’ve gotten it. We had to take a whole half out because it died. The surviving side is hardly surviving. I’ve tried less watering, watering recommended by planta and Greg, I’ve repotted it in terracotta and a mix of soil and perlite.
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My beautiful, lush and full #PincushionPeperomia suffered some wind damage today and I had to do some chopping 🫤 if anyone wants a cutting please let me know #sharingiscaring #propagationstation #happyplants #greggang
Care Summary for Pincushion Peperomia
Pincushion Peperomia
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 3ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Survivor 34
Fast grower 31
Easy to propagate 13
Browns easily 11
Large, lush leaves 7
Blooms easily 4
Pest magnet 2
01/24/2022
Fun Green Bean Peperomia but don’t be alarmed if it drops leaves. It can be quite finicky about too much water 💦
11/22/2021
Easy to grow, low-maintenance. I have two Pincushion peperomias and they are great starter plants.
Survivor
11/15/2021
Very easy to keep alive. It grows very fast and looks beautiful as it grows. Great plant for beginners!!
Fast grower
Large, lush leaves
Survivor
09/04/2021
Bright light
Fast grower
Survivor
08/09/2021
This plant is very strange. He continues to grow quickly, but does not like to be transplanted to a larger pot. Once I moved him to a bigger pot after he doubled in size, he stopped growing and the little leaf sprout looking things started to fall off 🤦♀️..so back to a small pot he went. Now he’s back to growing again. I’m not moving that sucker unless he busts up out of the tiny pot😂😂
Survivor
08/09/2021
Easy to take care of just water every 3-7 days or so
Survivor
08/07/2021
Set it and forget it. Super easy to take care of. It’s the second plant I got and I water it maybe every two weeks and mist it in between and she’s thriving.
Large, lush leaves
Survivor
07/28/2021
Easy to care for
07/04/2021
I live the look it did well indoors for a while but then the leaves started failing off . I will need some lessons on how to care for her
Survivor
07/03/2021
Chill plant. Doesnt require any extra attention! Hed by a window but not a lot of direct sunlight and hes flourishing
06/28/2021
I never understood what this guy needed; more water, less water. No matter what, dropped leaves and turned black.
Browns easily
06/23/2021
Super easy and luscious grower. I had to get bamboo stakes because it’s gotten so tall and will sometimes fall over or break! It’s a very fun and easy plant.
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
Survivor
06/09/2021
Just hard to grow and hard to know how much sun and water it needs
Browns easily
06/07/2021
Easy to maintain and looks really nice.
Survivor
06/06/2021
Blooms easily and the color is a bright green it almost looks artificial
Fast grower
Blooms easily
06/04/2021
Sometimes the leaves will turn black and kinda fall off, this usually means it wants water, i water mine from the bottom (I have it on a saucer) and put a little bit and the stem :)
Survivor
Large, lush leaves
05/31/2021
I love my plant! Super easy, doesn’t need a lot of sun and water here and there!
Fast grower
Blooms easily
05/29/2021
Fast growing and spindly and easy to transplant.
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
05/26/2021
I could’ve bought her with issues so keep that in mind. I ordered mine, and within a week each leaf went brown and mushy. I have chopped off the healthy tops and have planted one into soil, taken a healthy leaf to propagate and have one healthy stem that I will leave to callous and then plant so fingers crossed 🤞🏻
Browns easily
05/26/2021
I could’ve bought her with issues so keep that in mind. I ordered mine, and within a week each leaf went brown and mushy. I have chopped off the healthy tops and have planted one into soil, taken a healthy leaf to propagate and have one healthy stem that I will leave to callous and then plant so fingers crossed 🤞🏻
Browns easily
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